<p>We are ArenaNet, a studio making online worlds infused with innovation, hand-crafted excellence, and creative passion. Our passion is broadly shared; gamers made Guild Wars 2 the fastest selling MMO game in the West with more than 3 million copies sold in its first 9 months, and players and press have consistently called it one of the best MMOs of all time.</p>
<p>Our studio is built on foundations of excellence with a focus on community. We constantly innovate, unlocking the true potential of online role-playing with game-changing titles like Guild Wars 2 and beyond. The status quo isn't good enough for our dedicated worldwide community of players which is why we question the de facto industry conventions and demand more from ourselves as developers.</p>
<p>We are looking for a highly experienced technical animator with significant experience collaborating with artists and engineers to define clear goals for tool sets, pipelines, and art development process.</p>
<p>In this role you will work closely with the Animation, Character, Design, and engineering teams to establish and maintain advanced and effective animation pipelines, rigs, and tools for next-gen runtime animation.</p>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU’LL DO</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Work closely with the Art Director, Animation, Designers and Engineers to establish and maintain AAA quality bar for realtime animation</li>
<li>Share responsibility with the gameplay programming team for prototyping and developing quality UE4+ Animation Blueprints that bring the game to life</li>
<li>Work closely with the rest of the Technical Art team to create custom tools and pipelines to increase productivity and efficiency of the animation team</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>WHAT YOULL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience creating and maintaining efficient AAA animation pipelines across all phases of development</li>
<li>Deep knowledge of Unreal Engine animation blueprints, blend trees, and state machines or similar technologies</li>
<li>In depth experience with creating and maintaining high-end, cutting-edge creature/character rigs for run-time environments</li>
<li>Strong eye for creating high quality character deformations, utilizing methods beyond basic skinning (driven transformations, pose space deformation, corrective shapes, etc)</li>
<li>Solid Understanding of Human and Creature Anatomy</li>
<li>Experience with Simulated Dynamics related to characters and character motion (cloth, hair, ragdoll, etc)</li>
<li>Experience developing or working with modular rigging systems</li>
<li>Experience working with and processing motion capture data</li>
<li>Very willing collaborator with strong cross-discipline communication ability, both verbal and written</li>
<li>Strong documentation skills</li>
<li>Highly proactive problem solver</li>
<li>Growth mindset with an eye on the future of tech in the games industry</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>NICE TO HAVE</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Maya Python or C++ API programming skills</li>
</ul>

    <div><div><div>We are open to remote work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, NY OR, TX, UT and WA or onsite/hybrid/flex at our office in Bellevue, WA.<br /><br />Total compensation is salary plus an annual bonus potential<em>. </em>Please note that the listed pay range is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final salary. This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.<em><br /></em></div><div>Remote pay range</div><div>$97,000—$144,000 USD</div></div></div>

<p>As the QA Lead Analyst, you are the guardian of the game's health and quality! You will be managing a team and collaborating with outsource vendors to make sure that the game is of the highest quality possible. You will be the driving force behind ensuring the final product is up to standards.</p>
<p><strong>QA at ArenaNet</strong></p>
<p>ArenaNet QA is a tight knit group of people who love gaming, are proud of their role, and delight in ensuring the game is the best it can possibly be for our players.  We are embedded in development teams, but still meet weekly to talk about what we’re doing and get updates on all the projects.  We have each other’s back, jumping in when help is needed and being a source of expertise and camaraderie within the QA Department.  There is a constant request for FroYo at our weekly meetings that has yet to appear, but the team still has hope!</p>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Design software plans</li>
<li>Be responsible for all QA milestone signoffs</li>
<li>Manage a team of QA Analysts through the lifetime of the product, including post launch content</li>
<li>Understand the QA needs of the project and assign areas of responsibility to QA Analysts</li>
<li>Attend and participate in reviews and playtests</li>
<li>Ensure documentation standards are upheld</li>
<li>Work closely with Production to ensure that schedules are met, and risks are communicated promptly</li>
<li>Work with an outsource vendor coordinating QA between the internal and external teams</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>5+ years working in a game QA capacity</li>
<li>Shipped at least one game title as QA in a position of responsibility</li>
<li>Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, and Zephyr</li>
<li>Able to proactively analyze, identify, and communicate problems effectively</li>
<li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li>
<li>Professional manner and ability to work in a fast paced, high-pressure, team environment</li>
<li>Familiarity with standard practices and procedures in the game quality assurance field</li>
<li>Above average Excel competency</li>
<li>Ability to train others using both in-person and long-distance methods such as email, phone, or video conferencing</li>
<li>Passion for games and a desire to build  the highest quality for our players</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>PLUSES</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Prior experience in a leadership or supervisory position</li>
<li>Understanding of how game development works, the tradeoffs and hard decisions that are made before launch</li>
<li>Experience with Games as a Service</li>
<li>Experience working with game teams and shipping while remote</li>
<li>Familiarity with Python or other scripting languages</li>
<li>MMO experience</li>
</ul>
<p> <strong>Physical Demands of Position:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Work is usually performed in an office setting and could involve sitting, standing, walking for long periods of time throughout the day.</li>
<li>This position requires considerable concentration and creativity.  It is subject to stress caused by a changing environment, internal and external customer needs, diversity in the organization, tight deadlines, and workload.</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>

    <div><div><div>We are open to remote work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, NY OR, TX, UT and WA or onsite/hybrid/flex at our office in Bellevue, WA.<br /><br />Total compensation is salary plus an annual bonus potential<em>. </em>Please note that the listed pay range is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final salary. This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.<em><br /></em></div><div>Remote pay range</div><div>$52,530—$90,240 USD</div></div></div>

<p>We are looking for a Gameplay Engineer, with professional experience shipping games in the Unreal Engine, to work directly with designers and across other disciplines to build systems, explore design ideas, provide options to designers, and seek opportunities to find the fun through regular iteration and playtests.</p>
<p>As an experienced Unreal developer, you will share your knowledge with both veteran and junior teammates to guide them in learning best practices, gotchas, tips and tricks with the Unreal Engine. You will be a resource to them for questions, architectural advice, and general help where needed.</p>
<p>If you find glorious purpose in working shoulder to shoulder with designers to bring form to innovative ideas; if you find joy in taking that knowledge to produce high quality code that will stand the test of time and the erratic excitement of millions of players; and, if you would love levelling up your team on an industry standard engine, then this role is for you!</p>
<p><strong>Ab​​​out Our Team</strong></p>
<p>The Engineering team at ArenaNet thrives on a wide array of perspectives, experiences, and interests. We know that the best creations come from healthy and friendly teams. Our work is woven together with the efforts of other disciplines and crafts within game development. We seek out voices and ideas that might be new to us. We are always on the lookout for ways to help each other, both within the Engineering team, and throughout the studio as a whole.</p>
<p><strong>Who We Are Looking For</strong></p>
<p>You, our ideal candidate, will have had experience working closely with designers and other disciplines using UE4 throughout the full cycle of development to ship a game. You will understand performance costs of gameplay systems and how to diagnose, debug, and optimize them.</p>
<p>Listening and communication skills will, at this point in your career, be natural to you. You will use your strong listening skills to understand design goals and will be able to creatively synthesize solutions for those goals based on your experience and the capabilities of the engine. Your strong communication skills will be used to present those options in a way that makes sense to designers and the rest of the team.</p>
<p>Mentoring and teaching are activities that you take pleasure in as part of your day-to-day endeavors. You enjoy evangelizing best practices based on your experience with Unreal and respectfully guiding and mentoring teammates to fish at your level with the engine.</p>
<p>You are at home working together with non-technical colleagues to develop good practices, technical constraints, and team standards. You will always be endeavoring to improve processes, tools, and workflows to maintain the quality and stability of the work produced across disciplines in a fast-paced environment.</p>

    <div><div><div>We are open to remote work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, NY OR, TX, UT and WA or onsite/hybrid/flex at our office in Bellevue, WA.<br /><br />Total compensation is salary plus an annual bonus potential<em>. </em>Please note that the listed pay range is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final salary. This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.<em><br /></em></div><div>Remote pay range</div><div>$128,000—$190,000 USD</div></div></div>

<p><strong>WHO WE ARE</strong></p>
<p>We’re ArenaNet. We are engineers and artistic designers, and we make the games we want to play.  We infuse them with innovation, hand-crafted detail, and creative passion. As developer and publisher of the award-winning Guild Wars game series, we’re proud to share our passion for the online worlds we’ve created with over 11 million players worldwide.</p>
<p>Our constantly evolving online worlds require a foundation of stable tools to streamline content creation. ArenaNet’s engineers take pride in writing quality, performant code that enables continuous releases within these massive worlds. We are looking at you as a skilled programmer, perhaps a gamer, who shares our commitment to quality and excited to be part of our studio.</p>
<p><strong>ABOUT OUR TEAM</strong></p>
<p>The Engineering team at ArenaNet thrives on a wide array of perspectives, experiences, and interests. We know that the best creations come from healthy and friendly teams. Our work is woven together with the efforts of multiple disciplines and crafts within game development. We seek out voices and ideas that might be new to us. We are always on the lookout for ways to help each other, both within the Engineering team, and throughout the studio.  We aspire to work collaboratively during our daily tasks; we find ourselves working informally across the studio that may include artists, designers and other engineers where we all work to contribute our unique perspective to the studio.</p>
<p><strong>WHO YOU ARE</strong></p>
<p>You’re a strong tools engineer with a track record of excellent customer service.  You are empathetic and respond to user experiences: When you are presented with a blocking issue, you are not shy about digging into end-user challenges. Your industry experience demonstrates a balanced approach toward a successful outcome You will begin talking with the end-user to discover the issue, then you’ll factor the tools, the usage pattern, and complex code dependencies to navigate a path toward a solution. You may have to isolate the issues to source code, or possibly talk with the user about their usage pattern.  You may have to develop a fix and champion the fix thru a code review to fulfill the user’s needs with a solution.</p>
<p>You have professional experience and are comfortable working with native C/C++ applications and potentially C# managed-code.  We work in the Visual Studio environment targeting complex Window applications. You may have experience or an interest in learning Python and shell-scripting. You are adept at debugging applications coded in the languages above.</p>
<p>We value your abilities whether they stem from personal projects or professional milestones. Please share with us experiences that demonstrates your existing technical and project skills, your ability to learn technical-skills, your approach to learning &amp; reading new large source-code base, testing, debugging, and improving custom tools or plug-ins, especially if related to Maya, Granny3D, or similar 3rd party SDK related to computer graphics, models and 3D views, animations, shaders, UI frameworks (WPF) or audio.</p>

    <div><div><div>We are open to remote work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, NY OR, TX, UT and WA or onsite/hybrid/flex at our office in Bellevue, WA.<br /><br />Total compensation is salary plus an annual bonus potential<em>. </em>Please note that the listed pay range is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final salary. This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.<em><br /></em></div><div>Remote pay range</div><div>$128,000—$190,000 USD</div></div></div>

<p>We are looking for an experienced engine programmer to hit the Unreal Engine with a wrench and shout “I’m givin’er all she’s got Cap’n” and then give us some more, as we navigate the uncharted space of the next generation of games at ArenaNet.</p>
<p>There is a great deal of autonomy in this role to leverage your experience to anticipate technical challenges and stay ahead of them. Whether that be solutions to asset loading, managing our memory footprint, ensuring our gameplay systems are efficiently using the networking layer, or making sure we are always on top of performance as we make exciting new features, stunning art, and amazing player experiences. You will be proactive in helping the team out, doing what needs to be done, and keeping our engine of development purring.</p>
<p>In addition to tackling technical tasks, you will work across disciplines to support technical questions and to provide options that put code quality and performance first. You will anticipate and communicate tradeoffs and concerns of technical directions being taken and be able to advise on how design decisions impact those directions.</p>
<p>If helping teammates solve tough problems so they can keep working to move the project forward brings you great satisfaction; if pushing the capabilities of our code base to enable new gameplay possibilities excites you, and if you find joy in working with the team to maintain high standards to create an efficient and smooth-running game, then this role is for you!</p>
<p><strong>Ab​​​out Our Team</strong></p>
<p>The Engineering team at ArenaNet thrives on a wide array of perspectives, experiences, and interests. We know that the best creations come from healthy and friendly teams. Our work is woven together with the efforts of other disciplines and crafts within game development. We seek out voices and ideas that might be new to us. We are always on the lookout for ways to help each other, both within the Engineering team, and throughout the studio as a whole.</p>
<p><strong>Who We Are Looking For</strong></p>
<p>You, our ideal candidate, are proficient in C++ and fearless at spelunking engine internals to solve low level issues such as threading optimization, reducing memory footprints, handling synchronization and all the other terrors of the deep code that haunt the dreams of engineers everywhere.</p>
<p>You are super approachable. Your thorough knowledge, willingness to tackle tough problems, and friendly demeanor when explaining complex technical issues inspire your teammates of all disciplines to seek you out for help. Helping your teammates solve tough problems and keeping them working brings you great joy.</p>
<p>Tech debt makes you itch with discomfort and you work to keep it under control, either by directly tackling it or by helping others to stay on top of it when they need a boost. You are an evangelist for maintaining performance, high coding standards, and efficient code architecture.</p>
<p>You worked to improve your workflows and those of your team. You are an active participant in helping to develop and evolve meaningful production practices. You understand the value of planning, estimating, and communication as part of the engine of production that drives the development of the game.</p>

    <div><div><div>We are open to remote work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, NY OR, TX, UT and WA or onsite/hybrid/flex at our office in Bellevue, WA.<br /><br />Total compensation is salary plus an annual bonus potential<em>. </em>Please note that the listed pay range is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final salary. This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.<em><br /></em></div><div>Remote pay range</div><div>$127,999—$190,000 USD</div></div></div>

<p>We are looking for a Gameplay Engineer with experience and in-depth working knowledge of Unreal Engine’s animation systems to work with tech artists, animators, and designers to breathe life into an immersive online world by expressing game state, player cues, emotion, and intent through animation.</p>
<p>In this role, you will work with designers and other gameplay engineers to provide a bridge between gameplay systems and animations, collaborating to build features related to locomotion, synced animations, interactable environment objects, npcs, creatures and more! You will leverage UE’s animations systems fully and develop new systems when needed.</p>
<p>In bridging the gap between gameplay and animation you will also work with tech artists and animators to help build a robust animation pipeline and support systems for character customization and retargeting. Your expertise will be leveraged to help build, analyze, and review prototypes to explore new directions for our animators to take. Work will include tasks such as ensuring animations are efficiently loaded, setting up animation data effectively, and working to solve performance concerns.</p>
<p>As an experienced Unreal developer, you will share your knowledge with both veteran and junior teammates to guide them in learning best practices, gotchas, tips and tricks with the Unreal Engine. You will be a resource to them for questions, architectural advice, and general help where needed.</p>
<p>If you enjoy using your knowledge of UE’s animation systems to build immersive experiences; If you are excited to be a force multiplier for a team of incredibly talented developers, removing the barriers that stand between an idea and an implementation, helping them to learn the Unreal Engine, this is the role for you!</p>
<p><strong>About Our Team</strong></p>
<p>The Engineering team at ArenaNet thrives on a wide array of perspectives, experiences, and interests. We know that the best creations come from healthy and friendly teams. Our work is woven together with the efforts of other disciplines and crafts within game development. We seek out voices and ideas that might be new to us. We are always on the lookout for ways to help each other, both within the Engineering team, and throughout the studio. </p>
<p><strong>Who We Are Looking For</strong></p>
<p>You, our ideal candidate, are an experienced gameplay engineer, well versed in the Unreal Engine’s animation systems, and comfortable working in C++ on AAA games. You have an eye and intuition for the feel of locomotion systems, animation blending, and realistic physics related to characters. You have experience implementing and leveraging motion warping, additive animations, ragdoll features or you have knowledge of these systems and demonstrate the ability to ramp up on them quickly. You understand performance costs of animation and gameplay systems and how to diagnose, debug, and optimize them.</p>
<p>Cooperation and communication skills will, at this point in your career, be natural to you. You will be working closely with teammates and inter-department personnel with great attention to their needs, listening and hearing out points of view to fully understand design and art goals. You will be able to creatively synthesize solutions for those goals based on your experience and the capabilities of the engine.</p>
<p>Mentoring and teaching are activities that you take pleasure in as part of your day-to-day endeavors. You enjoy evangelizing best practices based on your experience with Unreal and respectfully guiding and mentoring teammates to fish at your level with the engine.</p>
<p>You are at home working together with non-technical colleagues to develop good practices, technical constraints, and team standards. You will always be endeavoring to improve processes, tools, and workflows to maintain the quality and stability of the work produced across disciplines in a fast-paced environment.</p>

    <div><div><div>We are open to remote work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, NY OR, TX, UT and WA or onsite/hybrid/flex at our office in Bellevue, WA.<br /><br />Total compensation is salary plus an annual bonus potential<em>. </em>Please note that the listed pay range is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final salary. This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.<em><br /></em></div><div>Remote pay range</div><div>$100,000—$143,999 USD</div></div></div>

<p>We are looking for a savvy game designer interested in shaping the world for our players. Do you love combining interesting characters, encounters, and gameplay into one for players? Are you a problem solver who loves to look for creative ways to create new experiences? Do you consider yourself the type of person who can’t wait to learn more about tools and discover all the things they can do? Do you love to collaborate and come up with solutions as part of a team? Are you experienced at working across multiple disciplines to craft video game experiences? Do you have experience owning content on a live game from design to ship? Are you focused on creating experiences that groups of players can engage in and enjoy? If any of this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!</p>
<p><strong>Why Join the ArenaNet Design Team?</strong><br />The Design team at ArenaNet are responsible for creating the content and systems that players interact with in the game. We collaborate closely across multiple disciplines to bring our knowledge to bear on a wide array of problem sets and are a critical part of taking ideas and turning them into interactions for players. It is our job to build the stories, events, quests, creatures, and worlds that the players experience. We also believe that a healthy team is the first step to making fun, engaging games. And a healthy team is one of mutual respect, psychological safety, and diversity. We believe that new perspectives and voices help us to improve our game and find the best ideas.</p>
<p>As a Senior Open World Designer, you will utilize your love of games, well-crafted stories, and exciting open world gameplay along with your innovation and creative problem-solving skills to define and craft experiences that affect our players over the lifetime of their relationship with the products that we (and you) develop. You will collaborate across disciplines with other developers who bring their creativity and expertise to work every day. You will own major sections of open world content and be responsible for delivering them at a high-quality level.</p>
<p><strong>TYPICAL TRAITS:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>You have experience with MMO or open world quest, mission, or encounter design</li>
<li>Experience telling stories through gameplay</li>
<li>You’ll also need to be up to date non-linear narrative best practices</li>
<li>Success in this role will rely heavily on your ability to translate designs from ideas to final implementation in the game</li>
<li>Experience working with a writing team to deliver high quality characters, narratives, and quests</li>
<li>You’ll be experienced at giving and receiving constructive design feedback</li>
<li>It will be essential to the success in this role for you to be able to communicate clearly with a variety of different disciplines, to drive consensus, and to always be a voice for the player experience</li>
<li>Familiarity with designing multi-player content</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>NICE TO HAVES:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience with implementing content in a live game</li>
<li>Familiarity with Guild Wars 2, especially the ongoing lore and story</li>
<li>Experience with scripting or programming languages such as lua or python</li>
<li>Familiarity with user experience best practices</li>
<li>Experience leading a team or major content area</li>
</ul>

    <div><div><div>We are open to remote work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, NY OR, TX, UT and WA or onsite/hybrid/flex at our office in Bellevue, WA.<br /><br />Total compensation is salary plus an annual bonus potential<em>. </em>Please note that the listed pay range is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final salary. This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.<em><br /></em></div><div>Remote pay range</div><div>$91,000—$112,000 USD</div></div></div>

<p>NCSOFT is a premiere digital entertainment company and global publisher with worldwide locations and more than 4,000 employees focused on bringing extraordinary games to life for millions of fans around the world. Established in 1997 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, we quickly became a key leader in online games. Best known for critically acclaimed franchises including Lineage, Aion, Guild Wars, and Blade &amp; Soul, NCSOFT is also one of the world’s top mobile developers with Lineage 2M occupying the #1 grossing revenue slot on Google Play. Our core goal is making people in this world happier by delivering games that entertain a globally connected audience has remained the same.</p>
<p>We are looking for a Technical Lead to provide thought leadership and identification of investment opportunities in emerging technology as part of NC Partners. NC Partners is an open innovation hub and investment arm for NCSOFT based principally out of North America. In this role, you will work closely with our Chief Strategy Officer and the corporate development team at HQ based in Korea.</p>
<p>As Technical Lead, you will be deep in the industry, leading discussions to interpret new trends across emerging technologies and help guide strategic investments. You will be expected to devise strategies for implementing said technologies at NCSOFT.</p>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Provide commercial thought leadership in emerging technologies impacting consumer internet and video game industry such as metaverse, blockchain, cloud and quantum computing, no code development, AI/ML and more</li>
<li>Attend conferences, build industry network and provide regular tech industry updates and market intelligence to internal stakeholders</li>
<li>Lead evaluation of technology related investments</li>
<li>Accelerate internal innovation and integration in alignment with NCSOFT’s strategic priorities</li>
<li>Discover and refine innovation opportunities with global startups to foster partnerships and coordinate collaboration projects with NCSOFT HQ</li>
<li>Ideate critical technology insights from which NCSOFT can develop new products, services, and business models – highlighting promising ways to reposition the business through new platforms and disruptive breakthroughs</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>10+ years of work experience in technology space as engineer, R&amp;D, tech start up investing or business/corporate development</li>
<li>Combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the responsibilities described above</li>
<li>Analytical, problem-solving and collaboration skills with a strong work ethic</li>
<li>Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex information in a concise and digestible way</li>
<li>Ability to work independently</li>
<li>Engineering/Tech background is strongly preferred</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>PLUSES</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience at incubators or accelerators and management of EIRs</li>
<li>Strong gaming acumen and interest</li>
<li>Fluent in Korean</li>
</ul>

    <div><div><div><p>We are open to remote work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, NY OR, TX, UT and WA.<br /><br />Total compensation is salary plus annual bonus potential. Please note that the listed pay range is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final salary. This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.</p></div><div>Remote pay range</div><div>$150,000—$250,000 USD</div></div></div>

<p>The role is vital to the success of the Blockchain/NFT projects in the company’s new business. The company seeks a Blockchain/NFT expert to make direct contributions to our business at scale. In this role, you will be responsible for all aspects of Blockchain/NFT-related project management, partner operations, Tokenomics design/review, collaborating with internal stakeholders including executives, external development studios, and communities including Blockchain/NFT evangelists to achieve the company’s NFT projects and its goals.</p>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong></p>
<p>Role and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs.</p>
<ul>
<li>Lead Blockchain/NFT projects
<ul>
<li>Capture growth opportunities in Blockchain/NFT/Web3 trends and devise strategies from analysis</li>
<li>Set project goals, objectives, and milestones by identifying, designing, and implementing project processes for Blockchain/NFT/Web3 native game development and its service</li>
<li>Lead and collaborate with various stakeholders, including external game developers and Blockchain engineers to define/review requirements, determine resource needs, and oversee production progress</li>
<li>Work with the projects sponsors such as executive management team to ensure overall execution</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Design and review Blockchain Tokenomics
<ul>
<li>Direct the design and evaluation of Play-To-Earn core loop including game economy, non-game economy such as NFT marketplace, and balance between the two to maximize value of the ecosystem</li>
<li>Leverage economic and econometric techniques to frame and answer questions about marketplace user preferences, supply and demand dynamics, and interactions</li>
<li>Use data to make regular adjustments to gameplay variables, in-game economy, and pricing to maximize the lifetime value of each user, conducting analysis for ongoing optimization</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Manage Web3 community and support DAO
<ul>
<li>Set up procedures and standards for Web3 community support to establish trust</li>
<li>Support DAOs to identify and address problems, including player unrest, exploits, technical issues, and other feedback, that may develop into issues</li>
<li>Work closely with Blockchain/NFT/Web3 evangelists such as influencers to generate market hype, grow its community base, and support overall project executions such as pre-sale, initial offering, and community events</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>1-3 years of experiences in running Blockchain/NFT projects, Play-To-Earn games, or managing crypto operations/investment such as initial offering events</li>
<li>Experiences in Tokenomics design</li>
<li>Experiences in managing multi-channel (including Discord, Twitter, Telegram, etc.) support teams</li>
<li>Proven track record of orchestrating work across various creative and technical resources on complex game development and publishing projects</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>NICE TO HAVE</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>5+ years of game industry experience with a deep passion for next-generation technologies</li>
<li>MA/MS degree in Economics, Finance, or a related technical field</li>
</ul>

    <div><div><div><p>We are open to remote work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, NY OR, TX, UT and WA.<br /><br />Total compensation is salary plus annual bonus potential. Please note that the listed pay range is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final salary. This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.</p></div><div>Remote pay range</div><div>$125,000—$195,000 USD</div></div></div>

<p><strong>WHO WE ARE</strong></p>
<p>We’re ArenaNet—we’ve created a studio that makes online worlds infused with innovation, hand-crafted excellence, and creative passion. We're not the only ones who share this passion; gamers made Guild Wars 2 the fastest selling MMO game in the West with more than 3 million copies sold in its first 9 months, and players and press have consistently called it one of the best MMOs of all time.</p>
<p>Our studio is built on foundations of excellence with a focus on community. We constantly innovate, unlocking the true potential of online role-playing with game-changing titles like Guild Wars 2 and beyond. The status quo is not good enough for our dedicated worldwide community of players, which is why we question the de facto industry conventions and demand more from ourselves as developers.</p>
<p><strong>WHO YOU ARE</strong></p>
<p>ArenaNet is looking for an experienced Environment Prop Artist to join our team and help us create expansive, beautiful worlds. In this role, you will be responsible for creating natural and architectural props as well as player-purchased and player-earned items.</p>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Work closely with concept art, designers, map artists, and the art director to transform high level concepts into real world assets for the game.</li>
<li>Proactively seek feedback regarding style, mood, and functionality.</li>
<li>Create assets using a combination of commercial and proprietary tools.</li>
<li>Light FX work</li>
<li>Light animation</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Strong portfolio with 3D samples that shows expertise in creating both natural environment assets and those used in architectural settings.</li>
<li>Proficiency in Maya (preferred), Max, Photoshop, Zbrush and Substance Painter. Substance Designer and Houdini a plus.</li>
<li>Fast iteration skills.</li>
<li>Experience with PBR art creation workflows a plus.</li>
<li>Have the flexibility to be able to work on a variety of assets from hard surface to organic.</li>
<li>Passion for games and the game creation process.</li>
<li>Fun to work with.</li>
</ul>

    <div><div><div>We are open to remote work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, NY OR, TX, UT and WA or onsite/hybrid/flex at our office in Bellevue, WA.<br /><br />Total compensation is salary plus an annual bonus potential<em>. </em>Please note that the listed pay range is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final salary. This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.<em><br /></em></div><div>Remote pay range</div><div>$91,000—$135,000 USD</div></div></div>

<p>We are ArenaNet, a studio making online worlds infused with innovation, hand-crafted excellence, and creative passion. Our passion is broadly shared; gamers made Guild Wars 2 the fastest selling MMO game in the West with more than 3 million copies sold in its first 9 months, and players and press have consistently called it one of the best MMOs of all time.</p>
<p>Our studio is built on foundations of excellence with a focus on community. We constantly innovate, unlocking the true potential of online role-playing with game-changing titles like Guild Wars 2 and beyond. The status quo isn't good enough for our dedicated worldwide community of players which is why we question the de facto industry conventions and demand more from ourselves as developers.</p>
<p>We’re a highly collaborative team of developers who are passionate about crafting beautiful and memorable player-focused experiences. We are innovators and problem solvers, interested in sharing our diverse perspectives, exploring new possibilities, having fun solving hard challenges, and working together to build the future we want to see.</p>
<p>We are looking for a passionate Animation Lead with demonstrated experience in the full AAA production pipeline, from rapid prototyping to polished, optimized final animations.</p>
<p>The Animation Lead will play a critical role in defining the look and feel of the game by building a range of character and creature animations that work to establish visual and technical targets. As a Lead, you will coach and support the Animation team by reviewing work and providing both technical and aesthetic feedback. Your positive adaptable mindset, strong soft skills, and proactive attitude will further strengthen a supportive, healthy team culture where artists are both empowered and inspired to do their best work.</p>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Create AAA animations for gameplay, locomotion, and combat for a variety of characters and creatures</li>
<li>Collaborate with Design to achieve clear and expressive action gameplay animations that feel responsive to player input</li>
<li>Work closely with Art Director, Design, and other disciplines to develop an eye-catching animation style</li>
<li>Work closely with Designers, Animators, and Tech Artists to establish highly iterative workflows and scalable pipelines.</li>
<li>Work closely with Tech Art to iterate on character and creature rigs and refine animation workflows</li>
<li>Mentor and support the animation team through sharing knowledge, process, and constructive feedback</li>
<li>Maintain the Animation team’s scope of work by prioritizing and delegating tasks, planning estimates, and updating as needed to ensure individuals’ workloads are manageable and the team’s deliverables can be completed at a healthy cadence.</li>
<li>Participate in teamwide playtests and contribute your ideas and feedback to group discussions.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO NE SUCCESSFUL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Professional game industry experience as a Senior Animator or above.</li>
<li>Ability to keyframe strong gameplay animation and execute at a very high level, as shown by examples of professional or personal work</li>
<li>Deep understanding of kinetics, action gameplay animation, and animation systems.</li>
<li>Experience implementing animation content into existing runtime systems</li>
<li>Expert knowledge of Maya character and creature animation workflows</li>
<li>Strong understanding of UE4+ animation systems and workflows</li>
<li>Outstanding ability to problem-solve and explore creative solutions in an ambiguous space</li>
<li>Experience directing, enhancing, and implementing motion capture data.</li>
<li>Passion for working collaboratively and the ability to communicate feedback in a positive and healthy way</li>
<li>Outstanding verbal and written communication skills</li>
<li>Strong organizational and time management skills.</li>
<li>Unwavering commitment to creating a positive and inclusive work environment.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>NICE TO HAVE</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Technical Skills: Scripting</li>
<li>Technical Skills: Rigging</li>
<li>Experience animating in different styles</li>
<li>Experience with runtime procedural animation</li>
</ul>

    <div><div><div>We are open to remote work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, NY OR, TX, UT and WA or onsite/hybrid/flex at our office in Bellevue, WA.<br /><br />Total compensation is salary plus an annual bonus potential<em>. </em>Please note that the listed pay range is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final salary. This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.<em><br /></em></div><div>Remote pay range</div><div>$125,000—$190,000 USD</div></div></div>

The job is for a Technical Artist with at least 5 years of experience in the gaming industry, with expertise in Autodesk Maya, Unreal Engine 4+, Python, and PYQT. The role involves collaborating with artists and engineers to define clear goals for tool sets, pipelines, and art development processes. The successful candidate will specialize in technical art as it pertains to characters, animation, and rigging, and will work closely with the engineering and art teams to evaluate and implement multiple engine pipelines alongside their necessary tools which enable AAA content development. The job is open to remote work in certain states or onsite/hybrid/flex at the office in Bellevue, WA. The salary range is $125,000-$219,000 USD, with additional benefits such as medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.

<p>We are ArenaNet, a studio making online worlds infused with innovation, hand-crafted excellence, and creative passion. Our passion is broadly shared; gamers made Guild Wars 2 the fastest selling MMO game in the West with more than 3 million copies sold in its first 9 months, and players and press have consistently called it one of the best MMOs of all time.</p>
<p>Our studio is built on foundations of excellence with a focus on community. We constantly innovate, unlocking the true potential of online role-playing with game-changing titles like Guild Wars 2 and beyond. The status quo isn't good enough for our dedicated worldwide community of players which is why we question the de facto industry conventions and demand more from ourselves as developers.</p>
<p>You are a highly experienced technical artist with significant experience collaborating with artists and engineers to define clear goals for tool sets, pipelines, and art development process. You will drive the initiative and push leading industry standards through innovation when partnering with engineering and art to solve complex problems that impact the project as a whole. </p>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO<br /></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>You will specialize in Technical art as it pertains to characters, animation and rigging, and be comfortable teaching and sharing your knowledge and experience with others.</li>
<li>You will work closely with the engineering and art teams to evaluate and implement multiple engine pipelines alongside their necessary tools which enable AAA content development..</li>
<li>You will lead R&amp;D efforts for tools, content, and new technologies for art development while partnering with tools leads to set strategic visions for content and tools. You will then partner with engineers to develop, or integrate, those cutting edge tools and technology.</li>
<li>You will foster positive relationships with creative and technical disciplines and act as a bridge between them. You will work closely with game artists to support new and existing art tools and pipelines while maintaining performance goals defined by you and graphics engineers.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>5+ years of experience as a Technical Artist within the games industry</li>
<li>Solid experience on either PC or console AAA game titles, ideally both platforms.</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of modern content creation pipelines and workflows, including familiarity with a variety of DCC packages</li>
<li>Deep knowledge in Pipeline and automation with specialization in Technical Art as it pertains to Characters, Animation and Rigging</li>
<li>Expertise in Autodesk Maya</li>
<li>Physics and secondary motion rigging for realtime (ragdoll, cloth, hair, jiggly bits ect.)</li>
<li>Experiencing with pushing high quality character / creature deformations and physics for real-time</li>
<li>Strong understanding of Anatomy</li>
<li>Expertise in Unreal E 4+</li>
<li>Expertise in Python and PYQT, with some experience with at least one other scripting or programming language (C++, C#, JavaScript, etc.)</li>
<li>Experience shipping multiple games including at least one AAA title</li>
<li>Experience with multiple game engines</li>
<li>Excellent written and verbal communications skills</li>
<li>Excellent organization and time-management skills</li>
<li>A customer-centric approach to tool development; solid grasp of UX</li>
<li>Ability and willingness to mentor team members</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>PLUSES</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience developing for live multiplayer games</li>
<li>Experience developing for modern consoles</li>
<li>Experience with at least multiple commercial engines (Unity, Unreal3/4, CryEngine, Lumberyard, etc.)</li>
<li>Has experience in all stages of game development, pre-production through ship</li>
<li>Experience with PyMel and the Maya Python API</li>
<li>Experience in other Technical Art Specialties
<ul>
<li>Shader Development</li>
<li>Material Pipelines</li>
<li>Lighting</li>
<li>Visual FX</li>
<li>Rendering</li>
<li>Proceduralism</li>
<li>Engine Automation</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

    <div><div><div>We are open to remote work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, NC, NV, NY OR, TX, UT and WA or onsite/hybrid/flex at our office in Bellevue, WA.<br /><br />Total compensation is salary plus an annual bonus potential<em>. </em>Please note that the listed pay range is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final salary. This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.<em><br /></em></div><div>Remote pay range</div><div>$125,000—$219,000 USD</div></div></div>

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